SAD.is/_______?

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How can we raise awareness of Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) with the domain SAD.is?

It seems that many people don’t know what SAD is or why it’s a disorder and not just shyness. How can we tell them our story?

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    1. a side-by-side comparison

      of shyness and SAD, so people understand that this is beyond shyness.

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        planned  ·  DrewAdminDrew (Admin, SAD.is) responded

        This is a great idea! We could make it interactive with quotes, explanations from psychologists, photos, videos, etc.

      • Cash for ads

        Why not divert some of the advertising revenue the site receives, towards promoting awareness of Social Anxiety?

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        • Posting a video...

          They've done this before, but I'd like to see a better done one, or "updated". Where a bunch of SAS user's, record themselves saying "I'm ____ and I have social anxiety disorder"

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            planned  ·  DrewAdminDrew (Admin, SAD.is) responded

            Great idea! I agree that it’s great that it has been done before, but could be improved.

          • Fund raising, selling items?

            Anxiety Wristbands, or something with an SAD logo?

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            • Therapist answering questions on this site about SA ?

              So people with and without SAD can understand.

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              • getting people to have conversations and practice talking

                maybe through one on one skype, video chat or something.

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                  what about a Q and A session where people from the site can submit questions about their life problems.

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